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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hurtle.

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Examples

  • Screenwriter Levien's debut crackles with raw intensity as it hurtles from a placid Indianapolis suburb to a dingy Mexican outpost.

    City of the Sun: Summary and book reviews of City of the Sun by David Levien. 2008

  • You don't need to be fast to do krumpau just have the ability to start for a fraction longer while a sword hurtles at your head.

    zornhau: Old men can't spring.. zornhau 2010

  • Just as Josh Marshall predicted, the Washington Post has a major story tonight that puts Vice President Cheney's office at the center of the Fitzgerald investigation: As the investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's name hurtles to an apparent conclusion, special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has zeroed in on the role of Vice President Cheney's office, according to lawyers familiar with the case and government officials.

    10/17/2005 2005

  • From the Washington Post: As the investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's name hurtles to an apparent conclusion, special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has zeroed in on the role of Vice President Cheney's office, according to lawyers familiar with the case and government officials.

    October 2005 2005

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Cheney\'s Office Is A Focus in Leak Case'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'As the investigation into the leak of a CIA agent\'s name hurtles to an apparent conclusion, special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has zeroed in on the role of Vice President Cheney\'s office, according to lawyers familiar with the case and government officials.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Cheney's Office Is A Focus in Leak Case 2005

  • As the investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's name hurtles to an apparent conclusion, special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has zeroed in on the role of Vice President Cheney's office, according to lawyers familiar with the case and government officials.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Cheney's Office Is A Focus in Leak Case 2005

  • What kind of hurtles does she have to jump to mend some fences?

    CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2005 2005

  • It is the word she hurtles into Marina’s face when, on such occasions as an opening night or an actor’s birthday, my sister’s key fumbles in the lock of our apartment and fails to find the keyhole.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • It is the word she hurtles into Marina’s face when, on such occasions as an opening night or an actor’s birthday, my sister’s key fumbles in the lock of our apartment and fails to find the keyhole.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Lives do carry on, and carry us along with them, but each new season of Mad Men gives us a fresh start with which to look at these characters and their ever-changing world as it hurtles into a turbulent future.

    Finale Watch: Mad Men, Rubicon 2010

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